Dewey’s philosophy of education was that children “learn by doing.” Dewey argued that children learn from using their entire bodies in meaningful experiences. That is why, in his 1916 text ...

Dewey’s philosophy of education was that children “learn by doing.” Dewey argued that children learn from using their entire bodies in meaningful experiences. That is why, in his 1916 text ...

John Dewey, seen here in a 1902 photo, was one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. Wikimedia Commons photo Editor’s note: Mark Bushnell is a Vermont journalist and historian.

Educationally, we live in a world created in large part by policymakers and educators inspired by the “progressive education” notions of philosopher John Dewey. The extent to which the ...

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Professor John ... the New Education in America. In the history of educational reform, the transition from the romanticism of Rousseau and Pestalozzi to the scientific pragmatism of Dewey is ...

Thirty years of “life adjustment” by the followers of Progressive Educator John Dewey have left U.S. education over adjusted, ill-equipped to quicken intellectual life. This week, in “The ...